1857 The Boys Storybook by Frances Woodworth with Engraved Illustrations carved wood snuff box the Art Institute owns Leighton's

the Art Institute owns Leighton's full series of twelve "New England Industries" prints

more carefully in some cases than it others

given Ella's note

I love the fact that the two hooks below the shelf are just two bent nails

1857 The Boys Storybook by Frances Woodworth with Engraved Illustrations carved wood snuff box the Art Institute owns Leighton'sI have such a hard time resisting a lovely old book with not much short of 200 years on it, and this one is certainly that, copyrighted 1851, with this copy printed in 1857. Inside are a series of five stories that are certainly as good for girls as boys (though perhaps best as a study of mid 19th c. morality and education!), from The Carpenters Boy to Crazy Ann (driven to madness from the loss of her love to a shipwreck) to William Tell, to The